
Bauchi
Why we killed retired DPO, Bauchi lawmaker – Suspected Kidnappers


Four arrested kidnap kingpins have confessed to the killing of a retired Divisional Police Officer, DPO, CSP Garkuwa, and a serving lawmaker, Hon.Musa Mante of the state House of Assembly in Bauchi State.

They were arrested by the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Bauchi State for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and kidnappings in a recent raid on hideouts for criminals in the state.
The suspects said that they killed the Police officer after his retirement for making life tough and miserable for them by constantly searching for them.
They also said that they killed the late lawmaker and kidnapped his wives and children for failing to assist them with funds after several requests.
The suspected syndicate’s leader, Hamishu Galadima, 48, alias Kan Wuka, and Abdulwahab Alhassan, alias Emeka, and Abdulwahab Ahmed, alias Dan Mama, and Hamidu Saleh were arrested by the IRT operatives after intelligence reports on the kidnappings, armed robbery and criminal conspiracy were lodged against them by the indigenes of Dass LGA in the state.
However, after a well-coordinated operation led by the DCP Tunji Disu, the intelligence Police team apprehended the suspects and they confessed their individual involvement and roles in all the kidnappings and armed robbery operations in Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna villages and market roads on Mondays.
They also confessed to have also burgled the room of one Suleiman Shuaibu, alias Shayi, a native of Dass Local Council of Bauchi State and took into captivity six members of his family.
The key suspect Hamishu confessed his gang killed the divisional police officer because he was always searching for them after any crime incident was reported.
He also said the gang eliminated lawmaker for refusing to assist them with funds after several requests were made to him by his gang members, whereas they believed he was always assisting others.
He said: “We entered the house of the honourable member House of Assembly, Hon. Musa Mante, killed him inside his room and took physical cash of two million naira (N2,000000).
“And we kidnapped his two wives and took them to Dutsin Miagoshi Igala. They spent almost four days in captivity and we demanded a ransom of Thirty-Five Million Naira (N35,000,000.00)”.
The other suspect Abdulwahab, alias Emeka, further confessed that they worked with the gang leader in the various kidnapping cases.
He added that he was previously dealing on hard drugs and had interacted and knew all the criminals terrorising the villages in Bauchi.
He however said he did not follow the crime suspects to the home of the lawmaker, but only provided them with the information that was needed for his capture.
He added that he was an ex-convict who was arrested for drug offences by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA.
He was imprisoned twice for two year jail terms and served his terms and was released.
Upon further interrogations by the IRT media team, all the suspects admitted that they had engaged the late lawmaker in an argument about his constituency projects. They said when he could not provide a satisfactory answer, according to them, they shot him.
The Police authorities, through the Force Spokesman, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, have assured that all the suspects are going to be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the nation.